mercenary troops

"Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave, the leader of a ragtag team of teenage mercenaries, skirts the line between honor and the law in an attempt to win freedom for his sister and himself in the form of their parents' old spaceship, Avalon."--Provided by publisher.

With a chip in his head, and an upgrade of his body's functions, Carl went from an orphan with impulse control issues into a super-soldier. When he's offered advancement in the form of a commander title, he takes the position while safeguarding the allies he's made on Phoenix Island. And soon he begins his competition in the Funeral Games.

"Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave, the leader of a ragtag team of teenage mercenaries, skirts the line between honor and the law in an attempt to win freedom for his sister and himself in the form of their parents' old spaceship, Avalon"--Provided by publisher.

After withdrawing money from an ATM, ex-military cop Jack Reacher deciphers a code on the receipt that prompts him to travel to California where he meets up with Frances Neagley, another ex-soldier who tells him a former colleague has been murdered, and together they try to uncover who is trying to kill the members of their old unit.

Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.

Captain Juan Cabrillo of the covert military ship the "Oregon," takes on the Responsivists, a group that publically supports population control and plans on using a virulent virus against the human race.

Juan Cabrillo and his crew intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast, saving the beautiful Sloane Macintyre, who is looking for a submerged ship loaded with a fortune in diamonds.

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon take on another covert mission and confront a weapon rooted in thirteenth-century China and the treacherous jungles of northern Myanmar to overcome the greatest threat to U.S. security ever known.